1. New documents @ TLDP

Feiyun Wang presents us with an interesting study guide annex source commentary in his Linux i386 Boot Code HOWTO. The
document has been designed as a guide to the i386 boot code for "kernel newbies", explaining the different Makefiles, the bootsector, how the
compressed image is loaded and so on, all the way to how the kernel is extracted, loaded and activated with the correct settings.

For kernel veterans the document is meant to be an overview and reference to more advanced reading.

4. Updated HOWTOs, FAQs and Guides

John Eikenberry's AI and Alife HOWTO (v2.0 now) takes us on an introductory tour through different
systems that simulate intelligence. John explains about traditional expert systems, neural networks and evolutionary computing, but also touches on the subject of more complex methods such
as Alife. This document is certainly worth looking at if you want something else than everyday application and coding for a change, and contains plenty of links for further
reading.

David Horton's Pocket Linux Guide v2.1 contains bug fixes, corrections of typo's and other
beauty fixes, and adds a couple of useful tips for automation and ease of composition of your own mini-Linux. According to David, the Pocket Linux Guide is an ideal preparation for those who
want to build confidence to explore larger and more complex source-code-only projects later on.

Chris Karakas is proud to announce v2.0 of the PHP-Nuke HOWTO, which is with its 500+ pages actually
becoming more of a guide, detailing almost every aspect of PHP-Nuke.

5. News in The LDP world

5.1. TLDP Mirrors

Mirror maintenance has been pushed to the background the last year, because our webmaster, Greg Ferguson, was way too overloaded with work to deal with this. However, new volunteers have offered
to take this job off of Greg's shoulders.

All sites mirroring TLDP will be contacted shortly to see if our info is still up to date. Additionally, new mirror sites will once more be accepted. Maintainers of mirror sites are encouraged to
use rsync and are required to send us the following information:

5.2. Status of the Kernel HOWTO

It's been a while since the decision to take the Kernel HOWTO off-line for revision. Since we're getting a lot of requests about this document, we thought an overview of the progress might be
appropriate.

6. HOWTO contribute to TLDP

The Linux Documentation Project (TLDP) is working on developing free, high quality documentation for the GNU/Linux operating system. If you want to help TLDP, consider joining <discuss-subscribe@en.tldp.org>.

Help us create this newsletter. We need volunteers who follow the community (mailing lists, newsgroups, web channels) and report events related to free software documentation. Write to us at
<feedback@en.tldp.org>.

The LDP Weekly News is compiled and edited by Machtelt Garrels and Y Giridhar Appaji Nag with help from several other people.